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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nisa, verse 19

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يا ايها الذين امنوا لا يحل لكم ان ترثوا النساء كرها ولا تعضلوهن لتذهبوا ببعض ما اتيتموهن الا ان ياتين بفاحشة مبينة وعاشروهن بالمعروف فان كرهتموهن فعسى ان تكرهوا شيئا ويجعل الله فيه خيرا كثيرا

O ye who believe! Ye are forbidden to inherit Women against their will. Nor should ye treat them With harshness, that ye may Take away part of the dower Ye have given them,—except Where they have been guilty Of open lewdness; On the contrary live with them On a footing of kindness and equity. If ye take a dislike to them It may be that ye dislike A thing, and God brings about Through it a great deal of good.

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  • Verse 19 of 176
  • Juz 4
  • Page 80

Word by word

  1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاO youyāayyuhā
  2. ٱلَّذِينَwhoalladhīna
  3. ءَامَنُوا۟believe[d]āmanū
  4. لَاNotlā
  5. يَحِلُّ(is) lawfulyaḥillu
  6. لَكُمْfor youlakum
  7. أَنthatan
  8. تَرِثُوا۟you inherittarithū
  9. ٱلنِّسَآءَthe womenl-nisāa
  10. كَرْهًۭا ۖ(by) forcekarhan
  11. وَلَاAnd notwalā
  12. تَعْضُلُوهُنَّyou constraint themtaʿḍulūhunna
  13. لِتَذْهَبُوا۟so that you may takelitadhhabū
  14. بِبَعْضِa partbibaʿḍi
  15. مَآ(of) whatmā
  16. ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّyou have given themātaytumūhunna
  17. إِلَّآexceptillā
  18. أَنthatan
  19. يَأْتِينَthey commityatīna
  20. بِفَـٰحِشَةٍۢimmoralitybifāḥishatin
  21. مُّبَيِّنَةٍۢ ۚopenmubayyinatin
  22. وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّAnd live with themwaʿāshirūhunna
  23. بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۚin kindnessbil-maʿrūfi
  24. فَإِنBut iffa-in
  25. كَرِهْتُمُوهُنَّyou dislike themkarih'tumūhunna
  26. فَعَسَىٰٓthen perhapsfaʿasā
  27. أَنthatan
  28. تَكْرَهُوا۟you disliketakrahū
  29. شَيْـًۭٔاa thingshayan
  30. وَيَجْعَلَand has placedwayajʿala
  31. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  32. فِيهِin itfīhi
  33. خَيْرًۭاgoodkhayran
  34. كَثِيرًۭاmuchkathīran

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